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| He says that his younger brother, Vatche, has helped him plenty in his younger years saying, "He always wanted to fight. He got my confidence up every time I kicked his ass. | |||
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| Vanes Martirosyan | |
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| Born | Vanes Norik Martirosyan May 1 1986 Abovyan, Armenia |
| Nationality |  Armenian |
| Other names | Nightmare |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Junior middleweight |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 13 |
| Wins | 13 |
| Wins by KO | 9 |
| Losses | 0 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No contests | 0 |
Vanes "The Nightmare" Martirosyan born in Abovyan, Armenia is a American boxer of Armenian descent.
Amateur
His family moved to Glendale, which has a big Armenian community, when he was four years old. He started boxing when he was seven after his father, also an amateur boxer found out there was a gym nearby. Martirosyan was taken out of junior high school by his father and became home-schooled when it was obvious that he needed to keep his son’s fighting confined to the ring.
Andre Berto and Juan McPherson were the top welters in 2004 but Berto was DQd after pushing McPherson down in their fight and McPherson injured himself leaving a spot open. He fought Berto in the North American qualification when Berto competed for Haiti and beat him thus qualifying for the US Olympic team (Berto could compete for Haiti in spite of that loss).
In Athens he defeated an Algerian but ran into two-time world champ Lorenzo Aragon Armenteros from Cuba and was eliminated.
He finished 120 wins, and 10 losses. All losses except to Aragon have been avenged in rematches.
Pro
At the age of 20, Vanes (pr. VAH-nes) he turned pro at 154 pounds with Top Rank (of Bob Arum) At the start of 2007 he is 13-0. In his last fight he suffered a knockdown but won by stoppage.
Vanes is co-managed by Shelly Finkel, who also manages or advises IBF super middleweight world champion Jeff Lacy, former world champions Manny Pacquiao and Fernando Vargas, and others. Vanes is trained by Freddie Roach, who was voted 2003 and 2006 Trainer of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of America.
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